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Call it the Equal Tariff Act. The law would say that US Tariffs on imports cannot be lower than tariffs on US made goods that nation charges. For instance If China has a 29% on a US product then America has the same 29% Tariff on that same product coming from China. The US can have a higher tariff but never a lower tariff then the other nation. Do the same with our markets. They can’t sell their products and services if we can’t in their nation.

Submitted by Don B. from CA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 20, 2014, 4:32 a.m.

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#1558

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End Congressional Corruption. Require congress to stay in their district and vote electronically. If they miss more than one vote they are suspended from congress and the citizens can vote a new legislator in. Remove all seniority and committees that are preventing the new voices from being heard. These go against how the founding fathers wanted congress to work.

Submitted by Grrreeggggg in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 3:56 p.m.

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Prohibit all front-running transactions in the financial service industry, whereby banks review customer orders then place orders in advance to take advantage of this foreknowledge, subordinate the customer's interest, and manipulate the market.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:32 p.m.

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MANDATORY STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND ECONOMICS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Founding Fathers did not set up Congress to be recipients of lifetime wages and free healthcare for life. Do they even know income tax was found to be unconstitutional at a time when real wealth was created?

Submitted by no in Government & Elections Dec. 14, 2014, 10:06 a.m.

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Leverage the drop in oil prices to implement a carbon tax that funds alternative energy primarily in the form of 1.wind 2. PV solar 3. battery storage 4. R&D 5.Grid infrastructure 6. EV's 7. other

Submitted by Jennifer H in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 3:53 p.m.

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All voting roll deletions (purges) must take place no less than 6 months prior to election day and must be reviewed by a panel of 6 auditors, 3 from each Party, which audit shall be conducted over 120 days, with ample time determined by the size of the purge. Additional auditors may be assigned, equally to each Party, for exceptionally large purges, such that no auditor is required to review more than 2,500 cases.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:21 p.m.

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TAX Churches UNLESS they feed or physically help the poor and homeless in "soup kitchens". NO free rides tax wise.

Submitted by no in Taxes & Budget Dec. 11, 2014, 8:47 a.m.

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Move all Tuesday Elections to the Saturday before. Elections should be on a Saturday to increase both voter turn-out and diversity of volunteers at voting centers.

Submitted by sunny.dayz in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 12:29 p.m.

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Tie Federal funds for communities to percentage of eligible voters who voted. 75% people vote, the community receives monies with no strings attached, make own decisions on how spent. Below 75% local funds are regulated and must be spent per government regulations. This encourages voting and community responsibility.

Submitted by CW in Government & Elections Dec. 9, 2014, 7:34 p.m.

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76 votes

Let's Solve Problems Rather Than Spout Rhetoric - AmeriRail - One Great Idea For Nationally Reviving Unemployment Connected With Infrastructure Improvement. See link.

Submitted by Richard N. Cox in Economy & Jobs Dec. 28, 2014, 6:28 p.m.

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76 votes

40 hour work weeks with a punch clock politicians must punch in daily and in person. At the end of the "work" week each politician must fill out a time sheet accounting for every second of the work week and post it to there website. This must include all time spent "dialing for dollars" as well as accounting for each and every spent with a lobbyist.

Submitted by mike b. from WI in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 12:06 a.m.

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Eliminating the trade deficit. This will bring good jobs back to the US via manufacturing. The Bank of the United States where we can borrow at 0%.

Submitted by Michael in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 1:37 p.m.

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Mandate a minimum of 20 days of paid vacation, separate from paid sick time or family leave, for all full time, exempt and half-time (17.5 hours per week) employees. Prevent employees from mandating that this vacation must be used for specific days due to facilities closure.

Submitted by ronboakes_92127 in Economy & Jobs Jan. 4, 2015, 4:19 p.m.

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Design and promote a peaceful, demilitarized foreign policy that respects human rights and the health of the planet.

Submitted by Lucille L. from MA in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 20, 2014, 5:48 p.m.

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#1574

75 votes

no law rnforcement officer shall be allowed to wear his/her service revolver while off duty

Submitted by lexout in Civil Rights Dec. 18, 2014, 2:15 p.m.

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Create a new system where all negotiated pension collections and payouts are controlled by the us government. This allows union negotiated pension funding to be transferred from the Corporations/businesses into the hands of the government similar to government annuities and TSP system. This not social security but an expansion of the defaulted pension system into the government enforcement of legal pensions by the fiscally responsible parties so pensions cannot be under funded or erased by ban

Submitted by Bruce R. from WA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 18, 2014, 9:39 p.m.

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Require all districts nationwide to have access to an adequate number of voting machines. Jail time for Secretaries of State and County/Town Clerks who do not provide and maintain an adequate number of voting machines.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 11:37 a.m.

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75 votes

Pull the FCC licenses of all TV + radio news networks that deceive + mislead the public with lies + propaganda, like fox fake news network

Submitted by Dr. Williams in Uncategorized Jan. 8, 2015, 4:01 p.m.

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75 votes

$5.00 a day daycare for all dual income families making less than $100,000 per year.

Submitted by Nina H. from VT in Society & Community Nov. 21, 2014, 6:25 p.m.

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75 votes

Support a model of open source and replicable sustainable community, village, and city infrastructure like this to rebuild our society (and the rest of the planet) as a sustainable one while teaching others to do the same: www.onecommunityglobal.org/overview/

Submitted by Jae in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 4, 2015, 4:40 p.m.

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#1574

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